Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-05-07
post at Madelia, held for the purpose Of con

post at Madelia, held for the purpose OF con-
sidering the Feasibility OF making an offer
for the location Of the Minnesota Soldiers,
Home, itWas voted to offer seventy acres
OF land and Sic, 900 in cash. The piece of
land g. selected is within the corporate limits
OF the village, very valuable and slightly,
lying on the south side of the railroad track.
They also say If more land is wanted and
the home will be located outside a mile or
two they will give section.
The &C. e.. Washburn FIGURING
ton at st. Paul, Apr. %. Tho capital stock
is 81 100, co., and the mills 6 .sB'' and 1sC''
are includedin the now company. The in
e es2! are Cyan steenWgk, Lacrosse
Wis. and Charles Payson, of Washington,
D. G as executors OF the last will of Cad
wallader g. Washburn John Washburn
a. M.sBailey, Frank e. Holmes, and S. B
Washburn, Minneapolis; 3. w. Stephenson
st. Paul.
At Rochester, MINI, fifty prominent
citizens have agreed to form building and
loan association. I. II. Bliss, T. II. Titus,
G. Y. Ferguson, W. w. Churchill, Will
Smith and a. L. Cove were appointed com
and all papers to perfect the organization,
and to present the same at the next meet
ing. Nearly all present agreed to take
from one to five shares
j. d. West tenement house, located
near the Manitoba around house at st. Cloud,
Mimi, was totally destroyed by fire on the
ssth The loss is in the neighborhood of
$4,000; insurance. So, 80. Fourteen families
occupied the building at the time of the fire.
Owing to the distance of the water mains
from the fire, the fire department was
powerless to save the building. Most of the
furniture was saved.
Hon. Hans Mattson, Secretary of
State, will deliver an address at Red Wing,
Mimi, on the occasion of the celebration
held there May II, on ssThe Early History
OF Goodhue County The Harmonien
society, Of Faribault, and the North Star,
of Northfeld will be present and par
ticipate in the exercises.
There is still no solution at Mandan,
Oak, of the mystery of the disappearance
Of Farmer Hartwig near Richardson few
weeks ago. Suspicion falls on Dietrich who
was last with him. It is said Dietrich adj
yised Hartwig to take all his money with
him before they set out on the trip together.
Furthermore Dietrich, who was very poor
all winter, has just bought carload of
| lumber.
The Hersey & Bean saw mill plant
at Saltwater, Mimi, was damaged by fire
on the evening of April Both, to the
amount Of S60,0Oo. The ssittle milf and the
! burned. The fire broke out in the engine
! room, and the watchman instead of turn
ing on an alarm went fighting to the fire.
Insurance $4,000.
The annual meeting Of the South
eastern Creamery association was held
April 20, at Winona, Mimi. and the follow
ing officers elected: President, C. f. Mar
yin, Rochester; secretary, G. G. Edwards,
/ Winona. A resolution was adopted asking
the railroads to change the classification on
dairy products.
| A stock company has been organized
at Austin, Mimi, consisting of Isaac Guy,
r. E. Shepard, G.. Schlender, n. Kingsley,
f. l. Crane and G. III. Davidson, with a CAPT
tai Of 100000, to develop the Austin Clay
beds. The company will manufacture
pressed brick, pottery, terra Gotta, paint
and putty. The supply ofclay is practically
colors.
John w. O'Connor, arrested at ST:
Louis, Mo-, as one of the parties engaged in
the Minneapolis post Office stamp robbery,
was lodged in the st Paul jail April 29, BY. q
United States Marshal under an order from
the United States court at Chicago direct
/ ing the trial of the accused at the June term
of the United States district court at
Wihona, Mimi.
At Jackson, Mimi, April 20, j. G.
Day, father of Burt W. Day, late editor Of
the Jackson Republic, Frank A. Day editor
| of the Fairmont Sentinel, and Il. G. Day
/ editor OF the Albert Lea Standard, died
| Of progressive paralysis at the age
1 of seventy-one years. Mr. Day was
Wis. and since 1866 had lived in Iowa and
| Minnesota
The steam barge g. P. Heath
loaded with hay, took fire on the afternoon
of the 3rd, when furious westerly gale was
i prevailing, near Sheboygan, Wis, anc
/ burned. The crew had to desert the boa,
! to save their lives, and some would have
i been drowned but were rescued by thos.
/ who went to their relief from shore. The
! barge was valued at $4,000, and the cargo
i at $500.
The barn and contents and span
of horses, on the farm of William Foster, in
Washington, Wis, burned May 5. Loss
! $1,000; insured. Foster, who is a bachelor
! living alone, had made a fire to cook dinner
/ and the high wind carried the sparks from
the chimney to his barn. He was severely
burned while trying to save his horses.
Spokane Falls, Wash Ter.) Apr.
80: A sharp shock of earthquake was felt
here at O'Clock this morning. The vibra.
! tions were from north to south. Many PEG
pie were awakened from sound sleep in diff
/ ferent parts OF the city. There were two
brief shocks with only a moments inter
! mission.
Bishop and Mrs. Whipple returned tc
Faribault from the South, en- the Dist The
/ tuck cadets with their full band and es
/ corted to his residence After the battalion
had given dress parade the Bishop made
an address.
Democrats of the village of Argyle
Mimi, placed colored gentleman on Their
village ticket for the position of constable
i and elected him, and now Democratic
village council has placed him in the posi-
/ ton of village marshal.
John Weston, of Elm Creek, Martin
county, had his barn burned together with
] 900 bushels Of grain, rs head of cattle and
| his farm machinery. The fire was caused
by lantern tipping over. There was nc
/ insurance.
4 At Clearwater, Mimi, on the night
of the Bird, the store Of S. M. Phillips wa
entered by burglars. His safe was blowr
4 open any money and other yaluables taker
therefrom to the amount Of about $500.
/ EFire destroyed the barns, granary